Common use of Execution of requests Clause in Contracts

Execution of requests. 1. In order to comply with a request for assistance, the requested authority shall proceed, within the limits of its competence and available resources, as though it were acting on its own account or upon request of other authorities of that same Party, by supplying information already possessed, by carrying out appropriate inquiries, or by arranging for them to be carried out. This paragraph shall also apply to any other authority to which the request has been addressed by the requested authority when the latter cannot act on its own. 2. Requests for assistance shall be executed in accordance with the legal or regulatory provisions of the requested Party and the answer shall be sent at the latest within 120 days following the date of the receipt of the request. 3. Duly authorized officials of a Party may be present in the offices of the requested authority or any other concerned authority in accordance with paragraph 1, to obtain information related to activities that are or may be operations in breach of customs legislation which the applicant authority needs for purposes of this Chapter. 4. Duly authorized officials of a Party involved may be present at inquiries or verifications carried out in the territory of the other Party.

Execution of requests. 1. In order to comply with a request for assistance, the requested authority shall proceed, within the limits of its competence and available resources, as though it were acting on its own account or upon at the request of other authorities of that same Party, by supplying information already possessed, by carrying out appropriate inquiries, enquiries or by arranging for them to be carried out. This paragraph provision shall also apply to any other authority to which the request has been addressed by the requested authority when the latter cannot act on its own. 2. Requests for assistance shall be executed in accordance with the legal or regulatory provisions of the requested Party and the answer shall be sent at the latest within 120 days following the date of the receipt of the requestParty. 3. Duly authorized authorised officials of a Party may may, with the agreement of the other Party involved and subject to the conditions laid down by the latter, be present to obtain in the offices of the requested authority or any other concerned authority in accordance with paragraph 1, to obtain information related relating to activities that are or may be operations in breach of customs legislation which the applicant authority needs for the purposes of this ChapterProtocol. 4. Duly authorized authorised officials of a Party involved may may, with the agreement of the other Party involved and subject to the conditions laid down by the latter, be present at inquiries or verifications enquiries carried out in the territory of the other Partylatter's territory.